Children of Summer: Henri Fabre's Insects

by Margaret J. Anderson

"Paul, 10, is fascinated by insects, an interest engendered by his father, Henri Fabre, who has studied the creatures for most of his life. The boy and his two younger sisters help Pere gather material for a textbook, often accompanying him on field trips into their untamed backyard...Admirable."-School Library Journal

Genres: Nature, Science, Childrens, France, Animals

112 pages, Hardcover

First published April 7, 1997

Reviews

[Amy · Rating 4 out of 5]

An excellent living book. Combine it with Jean Henri Fabre's Book of Insects published by Dover and you've got a great multi-subject study, encompassing history, geography, science, literature, and biography.

[Carol]

Although this children's book is listed as a fiction book, it tells of Henri Fabre's life as an entomologist. Each chapter is a tale of the discoveries and experiments that Henri Fabre (Pere) shares with his children. The author uses Paul, his youngest as the narrator. The "Children of Summer" mentioned in the title are insects.

I imagine that many children would find these stories fascinating.

[Aarvik · Rating 3 out of 5]

Aarvik kept on looking through each pages of this book even though not read.

[Jory Kauffman · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting little kids book

[Mary Ruth · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this book out loud to our children and we totally loved it. We especially loved the chapter on the Peacock Moth because we had found one a few weeks before we started the book. Three of our children had read Fabre's Story Book of Science and this book enhanced their appreciation of the book and of his work.

[Jennifer · Rating 4 out of 5]

I picked this up for my kids. They took no interest. I grabbed it up this morning and read it from start to finish. It's a charming little book about bugs (insects and arachnids), with content drawn selectively from Henri Fabre's 10-volume Souvenirs Entomologiques. Loved it!

[Miss Amanda · Rating 3 out of 5]

gr 4-6 192 pgs


1800s, Story of the work of Henri Fabre, an entomologist, told from the perspective of his 10 year old son Paul. A lot of detail about their experiments with bugs, not a lot of historical information about the time period.